Talkin' Politics: How to decode Trump's spin on the Iran war

About this episode

S.E. Cupp discusses Trump's contradictory statements about the Iran war with guest Josh Rogin.

On this week's Talkin' Politics, we return to Trump's favorite topic — the Iran war. It's not that he's NOT talking about the war. Trump talks about it all the time! It's just that what he says doesn't make any sense. One day he screams, "The war is practically won!" The next moment it's, "The war needs winning! Another day he claims the war is practically over! The next moment he warns it could go on for a while. He practically rolls his eyes at the suggestion that this war would require boots on the ground. And the next moment, it's (you guessed it) we'll probably have boots on the ground. So ... what's really going on? S.E. has a professional Trump translator in her friend, CNN colleague and lead global security analyst at the Washington Post, Josh Rogin. Rogin tells us what we're not being told about the Iran war. And more from S.E.'s hot take on the week!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: S.E. Cupp

Guest: Josh Rogin

Topics covered

• politics
• Iran war
• Trump
• media analysis
• global security

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran war
• politics
• Josh Rogin
• media analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Washington Post

Places: Iran

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